We are mere hours away from Showtime Championship Boxing’s latest doubleheader, set to take place in the city of San Juan on the island of Puerto Rico.
The main event is a rematch of last year’s thrilling upset by hard-headed Sonora, Mexico native Orlando Salido over then-WBO featherweight king Juan Manuel Lopez while the televised chief support bout sees unbeaten featherweight contender Miguel ‘Mikey’ Garcia facing off with former title challenger and Catanduanes, Philippines native Bernabe Concepcion.
Mikey trains under the watchful eye of his father Eduardo, known best for his work with former junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas, and his older brother Robert serves as his assistant coach.
A former champion himself at 130 pounds, Robert is one of the most talked-about trainers today because of his work with Brandon Rios, Nonito Donaire, Kelly Pavlik, and Antonio Margarito, amongst others, and while Mikey have not yet be generating the kind of interest as the above-mentioned quartet, he has tremendous promise.
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